Exodus 20:12 Honor Your Father and Mother

Biblical Church Worship: A Study of the Ten Commandments 
Exodus 20:3-17
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Exodus 20:12 Honor Your Father and Mother[1]
Reading: Matthew 15:3-9; Ephesians 6:1-3

Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
Colossians 3:20 NASB

I. Honor Your Father and Mother.
  A. Honor:
    1. Value[2], make weighty, promote
  B. How?
    1. Physically (Ex. 21:15; I Tim. 5:4-8)
    2. Verbally (Ex. 21:17; Mk. 7:10)
    3. Listening (Prov. 1:8, 9)
    4. Honoring property (Prov. 28:24)
    5. Not despising (Prov. 30:17)
    6. Giving aid (Mt. 15:4-6; I Tim. 5:4-8)
    7. Obeying (Eph. 6:1-3; Col. 3:20)
II. Why?
  A. That you may have a long life
    1. Prolonged: (Heb. “aw-rak”: draw out, lengthen)
  B. That you may have a good life
  C. It is right the right thing to do.
III. Implication: Worship of God is valuing parents.
  A. You cannot love God and fail to give what is due to people (Rom. 13:7).
    1. Love those to whom love is due (I Jn. 4:8; Lk. 10:27; Jn. 13:34).   
    2. Honor those to whom honor is due (Rom. 13:7).
  B. What if my parents are (were) bad?
    1. Obey God over man (Acts 5:29).
    2. Honor can still be given to people (I Pt. 2:17).
IV. Challenge
  A. How do you think about your parents?
    1. This is where honor begins.
      1a. Thoughts precede actions.

[1] February 9, 2025 Hall Church and Renewal Bible Fellowship
[2] Greek Septuagint